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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






2. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






3. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






4. Where can you get more vitamin D?






5. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






6. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






7. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






8. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






9. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






10. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






11. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






12. Name six sources of grains






13. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






14. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






15. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






16. What is RDA of protein?






17. What is normal BMI?






18. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






19. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






20. What type of people need extra protein?






21. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






22. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






23. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






24. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






25. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






26. What are healthy sources of fats?






27. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






28. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






29. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






30. When does BMR decrease?






31. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






32. What is normal albumin levels?






33. The higher the BMR a client has --






34. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






35. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






36. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






37. When does BMR increase?






38. Fats can lead to some medical problems






39. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






40. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






41. How many calories/gram is protein?






42. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






43. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






44. What is the function of vitamin E?






45. What foods have high quality protein?






46. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






47. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






48. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






49. What function is vitamin A?






50. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?







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